Does commented out code affect compilation speed?

[IHaveRegistered]

Does commented out code affect compilation speed?

I was wondering if commented out code would affect compilation speed... For example, say you had like... massive amounts (like a 2mb document) of just pure commented code, would that affect it any?

 

[Ray]

No.
I mean, technically, yes, because the first stage of compilation has to strip all commentation blocks. But in comparision with all the other parts of the whole compilation, this really doesnt affect speed in a serious way. The next stage doesnt know about comments at all, so it doesnt matter how much code-comments you have.